Palo Alto Business Plan Pro 11.0

Palo Alto Business Plan Pro 11.0 (superseding their 2007 version) is a software package to aid in the writing of a business plan. It comes in a Standard and a Premier edition. The Standard edition is recommended for individuals with a limited business background, entrepeneurs seeking a loan or investment, start-up companies, or established companies launching a new product line. Business Plan Pro 11.0, new for 2008, adds new options for simpler business plan outlines, Spanish language support, an updated and even easier-to-use interface, certification for Windows Vista as well as XP and 2000, and much more. Some of its features include:

• 500+ complete sample business plans that you can import and edit.
• More than 9,000 different industry profiles.
• Helps you determine your strategy, whether it be to sell your business, go public, or simply stay the course and grow.
• EasyPlan Wizard provides step-by-step guidance and asks you simple questions to guide you through the process of producing a complete business plan.
• Table wizards guide you through every step of every financial table in Business Plan Pro. Every step includes detailed instructions to ensure that you build a solid plan.
• Integrated spreadsheets and formulas to ease the planning process with instant access to the methodology behind standard business planning calculations, and an explanation of every financial term.
• SWOT Analysis.
• Complete, automatically linked financial spreadsheets.
• Import your financial information with the click of a button from Intuit's QuickBooks.
• Market research on virtually every industry is included allowing you to match your numbers to industry averages for an accurate business plan.
• Graphic Forecaster streamlines the forecasting process, allowing you to change your sales estimates by simply clicking your mouse to move the line on your forecast chart.
• Tracks cash flow, profits and payroll.
• Plan Review double-checks all of your numbers to ensure an error-free business plan.
• Fully customizable charts that automatically update as you update your numbers.
• You can create 5 different document types in the preferred format of banks, venture capitalists, and the Small Business Administration.
• Complete word processor included which can export to PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Adobe PDF.

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Palo Alto Business Plan Pro 11.0 Premier edition is recommended for CPAs and business consultants working with their clients, groups collaborating on the same business plan, experts, professionals, and advanced users. It has the following features above and beyond the Standard edition:

• Chapters on Valuation, Exit Strategy, and Financial Risks and Contingencies.
• Lets you calculate your payback period
• More detailed Profit and Loss table
• More detailed Personnel forecasting
• Cash Pilot for "what-if" cash flow scenarios
• You can import custom worksheets from Excel
• Create unlimited custom spreadsheets
• Quarterly and 24-month financial detail
• Collaboration tools to integrate sections of a plan done by various users and allowing for sharing and editing information among personnel.
• Create plan templates that allow you to customize and distribute a unique business plan template to your users.
• Lets you build an organizational chart
• Investment Offering Table helps you plan for outside investment and track investment amounts, ownership, shares, share prices, and stock dilution.
• Business Valuation calculates valuation based on sales or earnings and calculates the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Net Present Value (NPV).

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